Azerbaijan continues to impose its preconditions for peace treaty on  Armenia - MP

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan continues to impose its preconditions for concluding a peace treaty on Armenia. This was stated by Tigran Abrahamyan, a member of the National  Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the opposition faction "I  have the honor", at a press conference on April 3.

He recalled the words of the Ambassador-at-Large of the President of  Azerbaijan, who a week ago said that Baku does not intend to wait  forever for changes in Armenia's positions. First of all, this  concerns Yerevan's position on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk  Group and amendments to the country's Constitution. In this regard,  the oppositionist drew attention to one circumstance: the Armenian  authorities should not have problems with the Constitution,  especially those of its provisions that concern Artsakh.  "The  government, which recognized Artsakh as part of the territory of  Azerbaijan, fulfilling Baku's preconditions for years, obviously  should not have problems with changes to the Basic Law of the  country, which is well understood in Azerbaijan. Another thing is  that the Azerbaijanis are trying to drag out time by imposing new  preconditions on Armenia. At the same time, Baku is putting pressure  on Yerevan on the issue of the corridor, which is presented in  Armenia as an opportunity to unblock transport communications. With  its constant preconditions, Azerbaijan is trying to legitimize the  possibility of starting military action against Armenia. I am not  even talking about the demands for the return of 300 thousand  Azerbaijanis to our country, while forgetting about the 500 thousand  Armenians who lived in various regions of Azerbaijan," Tigran  Abrahamyan emphasized.

On the eve of a joint press conference with German President  Frank-Walter Steinmair, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated  that the text of the peace treaty with Armenia had been fully agreed  upon.  "Azerbaijan is not putting forward any additional conditions.  Our conditions are known to Armenia, they are not new. We have stated  these conditions long ago. However, we have not yet received a  serious response from Armenia," Aliyev said, pointing to these  conditions - the abolition of the OSCE Minsk Group and changes to the  Constitution of Armenia. "As they say, the ball is in Armenia's  court. If Armenia really wants to sign a peace treaty, it must accept  these two legal conditions of Azerbaijan," Aliyev said.